Red Raspberry Scientific Name: Rubus idaeus
Description: An arching shrub with round, bristly stems, somewhat white-powdered when young. Leaves may consist of 3-7 elliptic leaflets, but on older fruiting canes 3 are usual. Height to 6'.
Habitat: Thickets.
Range: Newfoundland, Labrador, and British Columbia to s. New England, west Virginia, west North Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska and Wyoming.
Type: Shrub Source:A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs by George Petrides
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